OFD Announces Eleven Faculty Selected for Inaugural Scholarly Writing Fellows Program

The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) is pleased to announce the eleven faculty members selected to participate in the inaugural Scholarly Writing Fellows Program. As a scholarly writing fellow, faculty will partner with OFD to catalyze interdisciplinary support for faculty writing and expand a mutual support community of writers across campus.

The fellows will play a key role in continuing OFD’s ongoing mission to support faculty writing at UMass Amherst. Each fellow will launch and facilitate two Writing Accountability Circles (WACs) comprised of small groups of faculty who meet weekly to write together and share progress on their writing. WACs create connections and accountability among writers whose practices are enhanced because of participation. Fellows will facilitate each session, providing guidance on meeting format and writing tips. In addition to supporting their colleagues, fellows will benefit from dedicated time for their own scholarly writing and will receive a small stipend to acknowledge their contributions.

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The eleven fellows represent an array of departments and disciplines and have unique writing expertise to share with their WACs. According to Director of Faculty Development Wendy Varner, each of the fellows possesses “enthusiasm for mentoring others in the writing process,” as well as knowledge of writing accountability strategies and commitment to personal writing productivity. This cohort of fellows will offer programming starting this summer through the fall semester of 2023. Applications for the program are accepted in the spring semester for participation in the following academic year.

2022-23 Scholarly Writing Fellows:

• Felicity Aulino, associate professor, anthropology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Lorraine Cordeiro, associate professor, nutrition, School of Public Health and Health Sciences; director, Center for Research on Families
• Rebecca Dingo, professor, English, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Theodore Eisenman, assistant professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Kimberley Geissler, associate professor, Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Policy
• Sophie Horowitz, associate professor, philosophy, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• John Kingston, professor, linguistics, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Sara Mamo, assistant professor, communication disorders, School of Public Health and Health Policy
• David Mednicoff, associate professor and department chair, Judaic and Near Eastern studies, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Stephen Paparo, associate professor, music education, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Lucy Xiaolu Wang, assistant professor, resource economics, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences